From Reuters....
More than 500 hot spots have been spotted across Indonesia's Sumatra island, signalling the annual dry-season forest fires and the haze it sometimes carries, a Forestry Ministry official said on Monday.
Forestry ministry official fear the number of hot spots could exceed last year's record as the current dry season will be marked by less rain than usual, Sonny Partono, the director of forest fire control, told Reuters.
"According to the Meteorology agency, this year's dry season is very dry, not wet like last year. That's the problem," Partono said. "Looking at the fluctuation of hot spots, this year could be worse than last."
Partono said he had recorded 8,000 hot spots since January. Last year's dry season was wetter than usual, resulting in 35,000 hot spots, down from 144,000 in 2006.
In the past, Indonesia's neighbours have grown increasingly frustrated by the annual fires, most of which are deliberately lit by farmers or timber and palm oil plantation companies to clear land for cultivation.
Sorry guys, bad news they are also starting to appear in Jakarta....
As seen on the Cikampek Toll Road. The passengers were about a mile further down the Toll Road, walking very, very quickly!
No sign of the emergency services either...Ho Hum, nothing changes here!
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